CVE-2017-10914

xen: Races in the grant table unmap code (XSA-218)

Published Jul 5, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 8.1 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
The grant-table feature in Xen through 4.8.x has a race condition leading to a double free, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges, aka XSA-218 bug 2.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1132-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3969-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-2552 The grant-table feature in Xen through 4.8.x has a race condition leading to a double free, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges, aka XSA-218 bug 2.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 5:50 PM
Reserved
Jul 4, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 5, 2017, 1:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:00 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jun 20, 2017, 12:00 AM